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    Add a Tart Twist to Your Summer Reading List With These Cocktail Themed Mysteries

    Add a Tart Twist to Your Summer Reading List With These Cocktail Themed Mysteries

    Pull up a barstool, grab a drink, and check out these boozy mysteries!

    By Sherry Harris | August 6, 2020

    The Hollow Ones

    The Hollow Ones

    Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 6, 2020

    No Woods So Dark As These

    No Woods So Dark As These

    Randall Silvis

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 6, 2020

    The 35 Most Iconic Caper Movies, Ranked

    The 35 Most Iconic Caper Movies, Ranked

    They're like heist movies but more charming, and also sometimes goofy, and occasionally confusing, but in a sexy way.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | August 5, 2020

    Writing with Children at Home During a Pandemic

    Writing with Children at Home During a Pandemic

    Writing a novel is lonely, depressing work. Having kids around all the time can make it...surprisingly joyful.

    By Jesse Kellerman | August 5, 2020

    Laura Lippman:

    Laura Lippman: "My Imagination Is Really Dark."

    The author opens up about parenting, aging, choosing happiness, and exploring her dark, twisted imagination.

    By Molly Odintz | August 5, 2020

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    True Story

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 5, 2020

    Weird Women: The Forgotten Female Horror Writers of the 19th Century and Beyond

    By Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton | August 4, 2020

    How Dashiell Hammett's Contintental Op Became a Depression-Era Icon

    By Susanna Lee | August 4, 2020

    The Joys of Mystery Fiction's Most Enduring Tropes

    The Joys of Mystery Fiction's Most Enduring Tropes

    Abandoned islands, manor houses, and retired military men. They all serve a purpose in classic detective fiction.

    By Alex Pavesi | August 4, 2020

    What Scares a Thriller Writer?

    What Scares a Thriller Writer?

    Ten of today's rising and bestselling thriller authors weigh in on the things that chill them to their very cores.

    By Megan Collins | August 4, 2020

    Sucker Punch

    Sucker Punch

    Laurel K. Hamilton

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 4, 2020

    It's Time to Demystify the Serial Killer.

    It's Time to Demystify the Serial Killer.

    Catherine Ryan Howard explains why we need to stop turning killers into dark magicians and to acknowledge the institutional failures and simple mistakes behind their monstrosities.

    By Catherine Ryan Howard | August 3, 2020

    10 New Books Coming Out <br>This Week

    10 New Books Coming Out
    This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | August 3, 2020

    Dublin: A City of Books, and a City With a Serious Crime Fiction Tradition

    Dublin: A City of Books, and a City With a Serious Crime Fiction Tradition

    Few cities in the world can equal Dublin's investment in books and literature. That goes for its crime fiction, too.

    By Paul French | August 3, 2020

    A Reporter's Tips for Going Undercover

    A Reporter's Tips for Going Undercover

    Sometimes, the only way to see reality is to not let anyone know you're looking.

    By Hank Phillippi Ryan | August 3, 2020

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